They are wonderful little rifles. I had one for a short time but had to get rid of it because it needed rebarrelling and I couldnt afford it. The action and build quality, the stockwork all bring to mind real old world class. I find it telling in the article however, that is otherwise about the Mann...

The trouble with jackrabbits is that they are hard to kill. A .30/30 may not be enough gun. I shot one with a .308 through the chest and had to track him for 100 yards once.

Okay, so I took it back to the range to check the zero at 100 metres. I shot a 1.5 inch group that is two inches high and spot on for left and right. I decided right there I dodnt need to do any more shooting and would quit while I was ahead! Coupled with the 1 inch groups I shot at 50 m I think she...

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MrMurphy wrote:So what's the bag limit on hobbits?

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No, we shoot them from choppers. They are classed as a noxious pest.

Thanks - I love the little Rossi 92's as well, I have a fondness for the old .44/40 cartridge in those rifles. (I think they are also great value for money.) As for the Win94, I had been looking one with a good bore that isnt AE nor with a rebounding hammer safety thing for a little while. I think '...

Boys, I just got back from the range with my 'new' Winchester 94 in .30/30. I have been without one for a bout two or three years now and had been sorely missing one ever since I was foolish enough to trade my old one for something shiny which has since been long forgotten. I got the chance to recti...

I'm wondering how much is involved with the importers you guys have. Maybe they have screwed Rossi right down on the price. Over here, I have had three Rossi's, two carbines and a 24 inch barrelled rifle, all in .44/40, and all have been well made, slicked up well with use, and quite accurate; the r...

I second what C.Cash said - no characters seem to develop at all and the film basically didn't have an ending...seems like they just ran out of film! I was very disapointed because right up until the cameras stopped rolling I enjoyed it. I keep looking in the video shop for "The Other Half of M...

The Toyota adds are pretty good. The best ones are the older ones with Barry Crump the old bushman giving a city slicker a 'lift'....

You can buy a cellphone for $200 that will take your picture, play the radio, go on the internet, shoot motion picture...whatever you want, but its built like a...well, a toaster. It can do anything, but is made to the same standard as a plastic toy from K mart and will fall apart or fail in three m...

They sent out rifles for field tests and market analysis in 1951. Bell wouldnt have used one but probably read about it. What it does indicate is that right up untill the end Mr Bell was aware of current developments on the shooting scene. (Either that or the magazine writer tacked on a plug for Win...

Mr Walter Bell shot exactly 1,011 elephants in his time. About 50 of them were cows which he had to shoot because they being difficult or menacing his porters. He shot about 600-700 buffalo as well, which he used to feed his people, or for the hides which were a good trade article, good for shoe lea...

I was on a Russian container ship. I walked intothe Captains ofice to discuss something with him and he had the TV turned on and said something to me about it which I didnt regester - The picture on TV was of a plane crashing into the WTC. I was busy and annoyed at him watching what was obviously a ...

Hey! Another fishnhunt guy. Alright..... I was going to get a .25/20 not long ago - it was in great condition...but I dont shoot rabbits really, and I knew I would be taking it out for deer if I got it...I pulled out in the end, mostly becasue of price they want a fortune for old '92's nowadays. I w...

Guys, not to interupt, but I have an old A5 shotgun also, but it only fires one round and wont cycle. Does that mean I need a new spring?

When I say large deer I am talking about Red deer. I know they have some in Texas or somewhere so some of you may have hunted them before.... (They are about the size of Mule deer. Although thats just a guess, as I have never met a Mule deer in my life.) How do you guy feel about the .44/40 on deer ...

Good post. To answer the question mark in your heading.....in my experience classes like that dont matter one whit what you do. You just get a tick in the box that you attended one. Therefor, you have been appropriately indoctrinated. Dont worry about it. But - good answer too. PC is a state of mind...

Where I hunt over here all year round in New Zealand, we get more water that anywhere i know of. I think we have some of the highest rainfall in the world. I have a Winchester 94, and i just use it. Its never rusted. I dry it off each night and oil it, escecially the bore. No problem and no rust. Th...

Savage, probably seems unusual because the top rifle is closer to the camera than the others - makes the little '92 action look bigger than it should be! Me and the old man are .44/40 fans. (Top one is his, other two are mine.)

Well, if all goes well, I should have some pictures of this little trip Im making to Fiordland, Ill put something up when I get back...suprised to see you guys with NZ connections, even to the same town! I think the US country is prettier, the forest in autumn and that and quite diffirent to what I ...

We are loading 24 grains of 4227 in .44/40 and it doesnt fill the case. This is suppossed to be a top load and not for the '73 I suppose.

OSOK - only have one photo -



But I m going out again on friday for five days taking the .44 carbine for its first hunt, so I have high hopes to get one with the .44/40....

Mucking around with the camera now that I have a new rifle.... At top is a Model 92 24inch octagonal barrelled .44/40 with a tang sight. Will put through 3 bullets through one hole at 50 yards. Then a .44/40 Rossi 92 carbine - shes brand new out of the box basically. No bolt safefty, front sight on ...

Sorry its jacketed .44 mag bullet 200grain Hornady hollwpoint. Rifle has the .429 larger bore size.

1886 it just seems rather a lot of it...
I will go and shoot it again, try a better crimp maybe and see whats remaining...maybe I am overreacting.

I would live with it, but I think the amount of unburnt granules in the action is ...excessive. And also, how can I go looking for accuracy in the load when the cartridge is burning a different amount of powder each time? I will try a stronger crimp and load up a little higher and see if it gets les...

Guys, I have a brand new Rossi '92 in .44/40. I have run some reloads through, and with 24.0 grains of H4227 and a hornady 200g XTP bullet I am getting unburnt powder granules through the bore and through the action as well. I had thought that this kind of thing would be related to having low pressu...

The judge got to meet the parents...we didnt. Its not illegal to have a funny name, but come on. I mean, come on. And all foreigners have to change their names to Smith and Jones when they enter the country. :D Apart from stupid people its usually the PC liberal types that have funny names, so no pr...

I think that you will find that the vast majority of NZ'rs agree with the judges sentiments....as for worries about Big Brother interfering in such a way, I really dont think we have the fears of the State the way I have seen it described in other countries. "...Reasonable offence..." mean...

That red deer was shot in a sort of gully filled with fern and did a couple of rolls ending up like that...not exactly a safari photograph pose. After three wet miserable days sneaking through the Fiordland bush I found three stags. The rifles a 1952 model 94. Honest wear on the outside but the bore...

I think someone said there are only really seven stories. (for any form of storytelling) Everything is just variations on those. I read "Last Of the Breed" as the first LAmour book for me - I was startled to find how well written it was. Now Im looking for others. (Not Louis L'Amour but ha...

Yep, it does kill like a legend and will continue to down here in New Zealand as well...

Dont need no big scope with expensive glass, dont need no 3000 fps - (like the Lada ads) - just gun!